Top 2 Tuesday..Things I've Learned About Friendships...Post Baby

***Edited to add some pictures**

Super long title, I know!

When I do Tays top two I always try to bring it back to my baby--because that is the heart of what my blog is about, and the reason I am blogging, my little bear: Timothy!

So here are the two things I've learned about friendship post baby.

Tina with Timothy

1.) Announcing you are pregnant to your friends-- will show you how much they love you. Especially if they are single or don't have or don't want babies. Now, this may not be eveyones experience, but for me.. My closest and best friends, were so happy for me! And my single gal pals would listen with wide eyes to all my stories about how terrible my pregnancy was going between projectile vomiting and loving wearing maternity pants.

{And by the way, what is up with ladies not wanting maternity clothes anymore? I mean, shirts, I get. Because sometimes you can look like a tent in them. But jeans, shorts, pants and skirts! I loved wearing maternity bottoms!! I contemplate wearing them now when I am going out for a big dinner, just to have that extra room! Haha! Yep, I am that in love with food! :)}

And my sweet Heth with Timothy... I love this picture.. because this is a perfect example of the fun Heth and Timothy have together!! :)

2.) Having a baby made me a better friend-- in my opinion anyway! To find out for sure, you may want to ask my friends. Haha! But in all seriousness-- after having Timothy, and spending time in the hospital watching him fight and grow strong, friendships mean so much more to me. I have been randomly texting my best gal pals and telling them how much they mean to me, sending them flowers and gifts and hugging them more than I already did! (I'm a BIG hugger!) Plus, I always tell them I love them, because I do!

At the baby blackwell bbq bash.. ten days before Timothy made his debut!

Don't ask.. I felt like I needed to throw in a little old school.. since everyone else did... and yeah, we really were that awkward!

Anyway, those are my top two! Hop on over to Tay's and play along!!

*Also, I thought about this after I posted... My parents have always told me to try to have 5 friends in life that I could count no matter what. The kind of friends I could call at 3:00 am and say, "I need you" and they were on the next plane, train or automobile without even asking what I needed. I am very fortunate that I can rattle those five off to you in a heartbeat.. a few because I have had to test this statement on them.. (Not for testing purposes solely, but because I really needed them!

Hitting the High Points

Let me start off by saying that this past weekend went way too fast. Luckily for me, I was off today as well! I mean, I had to go to the doctor, but I still got to spend most ofthheday with Tbird!! But more on that later. Here is a quick synopsis of our weekend:

Friday- Tbird and I headed to Greenville for dinner with my parents, while BTB worked. We went to Coal Fired Bistro (that's our usual spot when we have Timothy) My date for the night was so good! He slept the entire dinner!! :) after dinner I headed on home because Timothy was still asleep!

Saturday- we got up around 9:00 and hung out as a family. Brandon left and ran some errands, while Tbird and I had some mommy/son time. Saturday night we picked up food and watched a movie.

Sunday- AMAZING! The kind of Sunday that country music songs are all about! Ha! My FIL came and got Timothy around 8:00 am so BTB and I could go to church. We went to church, had brunch, went to the grocery store and came home. Once home, we opened up all the windows and enjoyed e 70 degree weather the Lord had blessed us with. We grilled filets Sunay night, so I marinated them around 1:00 and BTB and I took a long nap! The in-laws returned with our happy baby boy around 7:00, which was perfect, because it gave us enough time to eat our steaks, Mac and cheese and salads. What a great day!

Today has been another perfect day. Timothy wanted breakfast around 7:00 and then watched some tv. By 8:30, he was asleep again! He slept until 9:30 or so. Once we work up, we played and played and he at some bananas and had a bottle. Then, I took a shower and got ready for the day, while baby first tv entertained Timothy. We had lunch together, stopped by Target and dropped him at daycare, while I went to the doctor. After my appointment, I went back and got him and we headed to Clemson for another appointment. And I am happy to report, Timothy was SOO good! I was so proud of him.

Once home, we started dinner. I made Paula Deen's Baked Spaghetti. I got the recipe off of Kraftfoods.com It was pretty amazing and easy. But I did make some modifications to the recipe so it would be a little better for us. This is a recipe that you for sure want to try!!

Since BTB got home, I have gone on and on about how great my day was. Please pray for me tomorrow. I usually have a really hard time taking Timothy back to daycare after having such a great day with one another! :(

In true Tiff fashion, this is an iPad post. So no pics as of right now, I will try to add some later, or tomorrow!

March for Babies 2011 PSA "Marching"

I thought this video was too cute! And I just love baby feet! Have a great Saturday!

Five Question Friday

1. If you had $1,000 to donate to a charity, which would you choose?

Well, if you know me or my blog at all... This is a easy question. March of Dimes. (By the way, my teams goal is $1,000- so if you would like to help us raise that in honor of Timothy, head on over!)

2. Snow days: Do you welcome them happily or are they a pain in your butt?

Before having my beautiful boy to hang out with, I would say pain. But, now that I get to with him all day...DEF. Welcome! Plus, they are a great excuse to hang out in pjammies!

3. What talent did you wish you had and why?

Hmm... This is a toughie...there are so many talents I wish I had. I guess some kind of talent that would allow me more time with my friends and family..like being a good multitasker. Not sure that qualifies as a talent to most, but for me-it sure is!! :)

4. Are you a news, politics or celebrity gossip junkie?

Try all of the above! My web site bookmark contain the likes of people.com, our local news station and fox news. Please don't hate on fox news I enjoy the debate.

I know random, but I am in hurry! :)

5. What is your favorite "cocktail"? (Are you a beer person, a kiddie cocktail junkie, or perhaps your more the "Cosmo" kind?! Anything flies...doesn't hafta be alcoholic!)

I love a good Arnold Palmer.. Especially from Chick fil a... Because I love both the tea and lemonade, but sometimes,the lemonade is too strong by itself.

Anyway, have a fantastic Friday!

Tiffiney Thursday

 I know I normally do Tiffiney Tuesdays but, Tif posted some “preview pictures” yesterday on her blog of my sweet baby and I just had to share them!! I hope yall are having a terrific Tiffiney and Tiff Thursday!!

I mean seriously how could you not love this baby!! :) Tiffiney does such an amazing job and I think I have told yall before, but she travels! So, check out her work.. you will want her to take all your pictures too!! :)

Lacin' Up My Sneaks!!

April 30, 2011 at 9:00 am… My sneaks will be laced up, I will be wearing my team shirt and I will be pushing my sweet boy wearing his “ I was a preemie onesie” in his BOB stroller for 6 miles.

this is the only picture I could find with him in the BOB!

Timothy’s Troops will be walking in the March of Dimes, March for Babies that morning. Brandon and I have been working hard to recruit friends and family to join our team- honoring Timothy! But more than just honoring Timothy, this march raises money for prematurity, awareness and prevention.

Since having Timothy, March of Dimes is an organization we have a great passion for. I will openly confess, before having Timothy, I had no clue what they did. I was definitely one of those people that would say “no” to donating a dollar in the grocery line. But after having him and enjoying some of the benefits of MoD, I can’t with good conscious turn my back on them! They were there for us in our hour(s) of need and I feel like it is our family duty to be there for them.


BTB was not immediately on the bandwagon of walking 6 miles. But after I gently (yeah right!) reminded him that when we were in the NICU and looked around Timothy’s little hospital room, BTB said, “we’ve got to start doing stuff for March of Dimes, they’ve done soo much for us” he then knew what he had to do. My blogging buddy Heather is actually the first person to enlighten me about the walk. She and I were chatting back and forth one day about our little boys and the NICU and she mentioned that she was super excited about participating in the walk this year and to have Brayden “walking” with her. My interest was instantly peeked! I started investigating and after reading a blobs on the MoD web site, I knew this was going to be a way we gave back! Hey, maybe this walk will help rectify all those times I said “no” to a stinking dollar donation at the grocery store. (How dumb was I?)

Anyway, like I said, we’ve been working diligently to raise money and recruit people to Timothy’s Troops. Most of my team members that have agreed to sign up, haven’t had the opportunity to get online and actually add their names to our team.. So to all of you, I will be gently nudging you soon too! Haha! But as of right now we have 14 people on our team and I am trying to get more of friends every day!

Originally, I set our team goal at $500.00. I just wasn’t sure how much we could raise and I wasn’t sure if anyone would even walk with us.. I mean, IT IS 6 miles! But, after Tina joined the team yesterday, she personally has raised over $125.00 by reaching out to her friends and family on FB. And we already had $300.00 raised. So I decided to “up” our goal to 1,000.00! I would LOVE to have to “up” it again!! Would that not be amazing?!?!

I am hoping that this post has peeked your interest in March of Dimes and Timothy’s Troops!! If you are in the area and have a desire to walk with us, you can get signed up here. I know some people can’t walk that far--or live too far away.. So for you folks.. Timothy’s Troops will be doing the walking, but a little jingle from your pocket--donated to our team is another great way to get involved!! And how can you pass up giving to a cause that helps sweet faces like these…

Sweet Sadie Mae.. I think she actually has her MoD cap on, right Tif?

I love this sweet smile!!

Sadie Mae.. Just last week!! :)

Here's  Sadie Mae's team page



Here's Brayden's Team Page!!

 

Baby Brayden loving on his mommy!





Sweet Boy! He is getting out of the hospital TODAY!!



My little bear

and his daddy!!

We love MoD and hope yall will find it in your hearts to love them too! :)

Poop Happens!

**My top two are below this post!**

When you become a parent why do you obsess over poop? As a mom these thoughts constantly go through your head-- how much, how often, what color, what consistency and how did this poop defy gravity and end up half way up my baby’s back?? Our pediatrician informed us at our first check-up post NICU, that poop wasn’t really that big of a deal. Since then, I have tried my hardest not to be the nervous Nellie over what is or what isn’t in Timothy’s diaper, but sometimes the obsession creeps back into the forefront of my brain.


I just finished a great book by Amy Wilson, When Did I Get Like This? It documents her struggles and joy of being a mother of three. The book, in case you haven’t read it, is a joy to read. And she really helps make you feel good about decisions you’ve made concerning your baby. You know the kind of decisions that don’t necessarily mean you need a home visit from DSS. But the kind that probably take you out of the running for Mom of the Year. I found the book so relatable and giggled out loud in some parts over the stuff she was freely admitting to subjecting her children to (that I have also subjected Timothy to, but would never admit it in print! Haha!) But when I finished the book last night, my mind raced with thought about how reading her book, has helped me relax as mom.

I would love to know at what point our society decided that a woman’s entire self-worth was solely determined by the way she raised her children. Now, has this book had a profound enough impact on me to stop me from self-doubting as a mother.. uuuhhh..NO! But I think it has allowed me to look at the bigger picture. I am working everyday to be the best mommy to Timothy. Now, what makes me the best mother to Timothy may not be what makes the best mommy to little Johnny down the road. Every child is different and so should be the parent. If there was a cookie cutter design on parenting-where every child came out on the side well adjusted and a doctor or a lawyer; first of all, we would have WAY too many doctors and lawyers. But secondly, and most importantly, how boring would that be? No matter how much I growl when my child is flexing his strong willed muscles at inopportune times—I deep down smile, because I know that strong will- will come in handy as a teen and as an adult. Now, his future wife may disagree with this being a good thing. But that is why, every day, I pray that God is preparing the woman that Timothy will marry. And I also pray, that somewhere, her mommy is also praying for Timothy.

Saturday morning, we went and had pictures made for Timothy’s baby club pictures with Tiffiney. Heather came with us as an assistant and director of smiles to Tbird. He was having one of his strong willed, “bold” child (I don’t like to say bad) days. He didn’t want to sit or cooperate with the pictures Tif was trying to take. But eventually he got a little better.

After the pictures I headed to lunch with three of sorority sisters. This is a monthly thing we are doing to enrich and maintain the amazing friendships we developed in college. Then there was Saturday night. Which I am just going to have to save and do an entire post on because it was too much!!

Sunday, bright and early, Heather and I had a 7 hour (roundtrip) car ride to be a with my friend Amanda, whose dad passed away suddenly last Thursday. The day was actually ok, even given the circumstances. Amanda’s dad was the biggest tobacco farmer in the pee dee region, and most likely in the state of SC, but don’t hold me to that figure. 650 people came to the “receiving friends” Saturday night and another 400 or so were at the graveside service on Sunday. I don’t think I have ever seen so many people in the town of Latta, South Carolina. Yes, the town made famous by Raymond Felton. My sweet friend had ALL of these people around her and wanting to help her and she asks Heather and I to come back to her house and visit with her. It really meant a lot to me that she would ask. Heather and I got to spend time with Amanda and her husband Jeff talking about other things other than death. Which, for me always helps. I got to hold her precious baby, Luke. Who by the way, looks WAY bigger in photos, because he is a little 6 pounder! I just sat there holding him thinking how tiny he was and then my thought went to Timothy.. He was HALF the size of Luke when he was born! I am starting to have a hard time remembering him that small. Which makes me sad and grateful all at the same time! As Heather and I drove home Sunday night, we talked about the strength of Amanda. I would love to have her strength. She even stood up and read a poem at her dads service. I can’t imagine having it that together. But, that’s my Amanda. A rock!

Sorry for the rambling….I think the craziness of my weekend has just taken its toll on me. Too little sleep and not enough coffee!! I love my sweet little bear and my hubby more than I can even put into words. And I am trying to figure out how a post about poop turned into my weekend update, confessions of a not so perfect mommy and a self reflective post all at the same time! Haha! I guess that is why it’s MY blog.. it can be, what it will be! Here are some pictures to give a lil smile this Tuesday!!

at daycare

again at daycare

playing before bed! :)

Tiff's Top Two: Healthy Recipe and Snacks

Hey yall!!

I am the first one to admit that I am not all about healthy snacks! I am big salty snacker and not good with calories and watching what I eat... But here are two great snacks that I love!!

This yummy treat is a Kraftfoods.com original!! Hummus and Veggie Pita Toasts!  I love hummus and it only takes a few minutes to make!!

And fresh grape and nut mix.. this one is pretty self explanatory.. but you sprinkle one of my favorite spices on top: CINNAMON!! :) I love the taste of cinnamon and guess what?!? It helps with your digestion and belly fat! And who doesn't need more help in those two areas! :)

Anyway, head over to Tay's page and play along with us!

Giveaway Winner! :)

First of all, thank you to everyone who participated in my first ever giveaway!! Random.org picked Caroline as our winner! But don't fret my pets, each of you lovely ladies that left me your email address will be getting a lil something, something in your inbox in the next day or so. (be patient, I am driving 7 hours tomorrow for funeral, so it maybe Monday.) Anyway, again, thank you for participating, even without the follower widget, hope to get that fixed soon! Caroline, directions to claim your gift code will be in your inbox shortly!! :)


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Trying NOT to be Debbie Downer!

Do you ever post something and then have a hard time posting anything after it? That has been my thought all day today. I don't really know where to go from yesterdays post. My post yesterday was so raw and real. And before I forget, I appreciate all the emails and the comments lifting up Amanda's family. Yall are great!

Today has just been the daily grind of life: I went to work. Got a haircut. Went back to work. Going to pick up Timothy. Make evening plans with hubby. Life goes on. Even when your world has stopped for some reason, people around you are still humming along. It's hard to understand that sometimes. You think, why haven't they stopped too! I have a BIG weekend ahead.. Some fun. Some not!

Anyway,  I promise tomorrow I am going to be back to my blogging self, but today, I am just sort of overwhelmed with the good and bad going on this weekend. (Which, I will explain tomorrow!) 

I don't want to be a total downer on a Friday, sooo I hope you all have a great Friday!!

Understanding What Matters In Life....A Hard Lesson Sometimes

I have a post all scheduled today about my issues with Timothy’s breathing treatments and then I got a text from one of my best friends, Amanda. You have heard me talk about her before because she has been pregnant over the last nine months. Her sweet baby boy Luke was born on January 9th. After the text, I have to post something else first.


Here is what the text read: “I don’t know how to type this. Daddy died this morning around 4 am. They are doing an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Please pray for our family”

He just went to sleep and never woke up. I read this as I walked in the door at work, shocked and taken back. Then, I frantically tried to call BTB, Heather and my mom. None of them answered. I just started crying. Crying, because I grew up with Amanda, and her dad always did so much for us. Crying, because I want so badly to be in North Carolina with my friend--hugging and crying with her, than being at work.

After no one answered, I started texting. First my dad. I sent him a text saying, “daddy, I love you!”. Then I sent BTB, Heth and my mom a text telling them the news. I am so sad today for my friend. And I ask yall to lift up her family in your prayers. Below are some cute pictures of her precious baby boy! Be prepared, he’s pretty stinkin’ cute!!

Today is one of those days that puts life into prospective for me. All of my “issues” really don’t matter. What matters? Family and friends. Spending time with them and making sure they know each and every day how much you love them. We make life so complicated sometimes. But it isn’t. Why are we so busy? What exactly are we doing that makes us so busy? I don’t really make resolutions for my life very often, but today, I want to resolve to slow things down and appreciate my life, family and friends more. Because at the end of the day, they are all you really have that matters.

Is Anyone Else Too Busy for a Life?

I just love those big blue eyes!! :)

Well, here is the deal. Today is only Wednesday and its already been a nutso week! But before I can even go into that, I gotta catch everyone up on the weekend!


Friday, I had a work event and I felt awful! My throat was killing me and because so much yucky mucus was draining into my throat the night before, I only slept for like an hour Thursday night! I spent most of the day drinking hot tea with lemon and honey, just waiting for the day to be over. We had already committed ourselves to go to dinner with my parents, so after work we still went, but only stayed for dinner because I was so tired and felt so bad. As soon as we got home I loaded up on night time medicine, and went to bed. The medicine was awesome & I slept like a baby!

Saturday, Tina came! Most of Saturday before she got there was just lazy though, and it was perfect! Once Tina got there we hung out and chatted and while BTB went shooting with his friend Charlie. Then we all went to Nami for dinner. And of course everything we ate at Nami, was amazing! I have a couple pictures from the night, but we got very distracted by our clearly “new” waiter learning the ropes and Tina’s old “Anderson friends”. FUN TIMES! Poor Tina, Timothy was her date, and slept on my arm for over half of the evening. Sorry Tina! But it was nice timing.

Once home, the four of us stayed up way too late hanging out talking about everything from politics to rap music to baby teething tablets. (As you can see the three, well technically four of us if you count Timothy, are very worldly and have a diverse topic base to which we pull from! Haha!) Plus, we caught Tina up on the television she is missing. Seriously, girl is living under a rock when it comes to tv. But thanks to DVR, we quickly showed her all she’s been missing! Hope you enjoyed being enlightened Tina!


Sunday, BTB offered to keep Tbird at home while Tina and I went to brunch. I love Sunday brunch. There is just something so sophisticated about it. We went to Tuckers and stayed for a good long time eating amazing food and talking our girl talk. After brunch Tina had to return to Charlotte for work so we hugged bye; and all three of us, took a nap! After our long nap, we ordered dinner and enjoyed watching some television.

Monday, I had another work event and BTB was off for MLK day, so he Tbird stayed at home and spent some more quality time together! And I went to work. After work, I was pretty drained, but still made bow tie pasta with spicy marinara for dinner. It was pretty yummy and only took like 20 minutes since I used canned sauce. I know pewy, pewy, my Italian grandma is rolling over in her grave right now because I used canned sauce! But hey, sometimes you gotta take shortcuts in life!

Yesterday, as yall know, I spent the day at home with Timothy. He again is sounding like an 80 year old smoker instead of a nine month old baby, but I think keeping him at home and giving his lungs time to get lots of medicine, it has helped. Last night, I had to go into work at 5:00, once BTB got home, but only for a couple hours, so not too bad! On the way home, I went through a drive thru for dinner for both BTB and me.

Today, has been challenging. I wanted to stay home with Timothy again today to make sure he is on the road to recovery, but I knew I really needed to be at work too. So, I made the game time decision to come to work and daycare knows to call me if he coughs a lot.

Basically to sum up the week thus far: busy, almost no time to cook and trying to get Timothy better!! I hope everyone is having a fantastic Wednesday, and I promise to edit this post tonight with some super cute pictures from the weekend, but until then; here is one to hold yall over!

 

 
Also, quick reminder, my giveaway is below and you have until Friday to get entered. And sorry for the lack of  the "follow" widget--trying to get that fixed, but you can certainly add me at the top left side of the navigation tool on blogger  :) Thanks for understanding!!

Not Feeling So Hot

I am staying home with Timothy today. His little cough and congestion is getting worse and we thought staying home from daycare for the day and givng him his treatments, might help get him better faster.. So I will post about our weekend and yesterday later. Hope yall are having a great Tuesday!

My First Giveaway--and it's a CSN Giveaway!

Hey y'all!

I personally love anything interior design related! And I really love dining room stuff! From plates, to tables, to chairs.. I am always looking for  modern dining room furniture and if you are like me, you wish you had like two or three houses that you could decorate because there are so many different styles you like and wish you could incorporate into your home! Here is picture of on my most favorite dining room sets from the web site:

Now, http://www.allmodern.com/ is part of CSN family of 200+ stores! And for one lucky person CSN is allowing me to give away a $25.00 gift certificate to ANY of their stores! When CSN approached me about doing this giveaway--I had to say YES! Because I know that all my lovely bloggie friends LOVE CSN!!

Like I mentioned yesterday, my blog BFF Tay, has helped and encouraged me to do this. Thanks Tay!

To Enter:

**You must be a resident of the United States or Canada to qualify for this giveaway, sorry!**

1 mandatory: follow my blog and leave a comment. Please make sure your email address is in your comment (if your not comfortable leaving your email address just make sure your blog comment setting isn't on no reply blogger) 

2 extra: tweet or facebook status about this giveaway

2 extra: blog about this giveaway

And thanks for entering my first giveaway!

No More Snow Days....

Well, BTB is still at home with little Tbird and they are enjoying yet another day of fun, While I got up and headed on to work. It was hard to leave the boys this morning. They were all snuggled in the bed warm and cozy—super jealous!

We decided last night that we were going to go back to adding rice in Timothy’s final bottle of the night because he had starting waking up between 5:30-6:30 hungry. Not good for us! This morning when my alarm went off he was wide awake looking at me, just playing. So, I guess the rice worked! Because it was almost 8:30 before BTB had to feed him, and we got to sleep past 5:30! Yaya!

I have been meaning to tell yall, but keep forgetting: Timothy has been so funny the last few days.. Everyone knows he is a daddy's boy, which I am completely ok with. But he will say, "da-da-da-da and hey da-da!" All the time, because it gets BTB's attention. Then every once in a while he will say "ma-ma-ma-ma" then when I look at him and say "yes baby, ma-ma-ma-ma" he looks at me and smiles and responds with, "da-da-da-da" Then he, and BTB just start laughing! I then roll my eyes at both of them, and say something to the effect of "little bear, you are supposed to say ma-ma-ma-ma!" and again he just gives me his best little devil smile.
For me right now, my sinuses are killing me! Tbird was coughing a little last night, so it makes me wonder if we don’t react to the same thing allergy wise. Last night before bed I took some medicine, but I forgot to take more this morning. Therefore, today I am drinking lots of hot tea in hopes helping clear out the congestion that is taking up space in my head. And I don’t know about y’all, but any time I am having sinus issues, it take a toll on me. I feel like I am in a fog! On the bright side, I am having lunch with Heth today!! yaya!!

Tomorrow night BTB, Timothy, myself (and possibly) Tina are going to eat with my parents in Greenville. My parents haven’t seen Tbird in a couple weeks, and I think they are starting to get the shakes! Haha! I am really looking forward to a night out!! After being cooped up in the house almost all week, and cooking every night since Saturday, I am pooped! And ready for someone else to cook for me! I am holding out hope that Tina will still be able to come stay with us this weekend. The snow messed up her schedule in Charlotte, so she may have to work Saturday to make up for it. Fingers crossed though that she gets to come hang out!

Background on my sweet friend Tina: Tina lives at the beach, so we don’t get to see each other very often, but she is seriously one the best friends I could ever ask for! Our friendship was just meant to be. We both swear by designer jeans (yes, there is difference! It’s worth the cost to have a nice butt, end of story!) and we have the EXACT same cat scratch fever scar! We both had surgery while in college. And her hubby actually did my surgery!! (before they were married) And I am happy to report, Jerry is so awesome, you can’t even see my scar anymore, unless I point it out to you in REALLY good light. And the fact that I now have a rather long c-section scar close by the cat scratch fever scar, it makes it even less noticeable! But like I told y’all about a month ago, the c-section scar is looking better and better. But hey, if I need to have it “touched up” I know Jerry can make it look it amazing, well for a scar!

And, oh my, I almost forgot to tell everyone- I am doing my first giveaway tomorrow! I am sort of excited and nervous about it, all at the same time! My amazing bloggie BFF Taylor is helping me (thank goodness, cause I am clueless!) and I hope yall will participate because I don’t want it to be a bust! Also, Tay did a great post today with blogging tips, I just love her!!

Anyway, I hope that you all are having a great day! And here are few pictures from yesterday/last night that I just think are adorable. I mean what would a Tiff post be without pictures of Timothy? (Hey, that rhymes!)

This one may be my favorite in recent pictures.. He is such a little ham!!

Worn out from all the fun with Daddy!!

Working in the Snow!

Today it was it back to work for me.. (boo!) but only for a half day. I got to work about 12:15. With all the snow and ice still on the road; I took my time getting to work today. We haven’t heard yet if they plan on any delays for us tomorrow, but I sort of anticipate some kind.

When I got ready for work this morning, I told BTB to help me pick out an outfit that went with my cute North Face boots. (My boots are kid size 3, so if you wanna grab a pair for the kiddo’s you should be able to find something.. I don’t think they make this style in adult sizes, sorry! But yaya for my small foot!!) After about 5 minutes of looking BTB came out of my closet and said, “I quit, I can’t find anything”. So I went into the closet went straight to a brown dress and brown tights and my cute Clemson belt.. BTB took the picture for me to send to my mom, but I thought I would share it with yall too! Not bad for a quick snow outfit!! Haha!

Sorry for the quality.. camera phone!



BTB wanted to make sure she saw the boots! ha!


Then right before I stepped out the door, I got a quick picture of Timothy playing on the floor. BTB has an old comforter that we are using for him to play on. Our floors are so cold right now, and he does still from time to time tip over, so this is a softer landing as well! We are hopeful that he starts getting the itch to start crawling more spending time on the floor.



Anyway, I hope that yall are having a great day!  

Crazy Picture Post

The above pictures were all taken the night before the snow storm.  We were waiting for the snow to get here...

Monday morning we got up and made breakfast! Pancakes, eggs and bacon! Yumm-o! Timothy was our  helper, bouncing and telling us what to do next from the comfort of his "desk" :)

Get back to work mommy!

Hubby on egg duty..

He found out he was going to get to try a pancake!!

Showing off his FOUR teeth!

Yes, we were excited! And no, I did not have make-up on (as if you didn't figure that out on your own!)

 The next series of pictures, I just had to post them all. Because this is the step by step process of Timothy trying pancake with syrup for the first time.. please excuse my silly expressions!! ha!

mmm...mmm... GOOD!!  I like pancakes daddy!! Now, take me outside!!

 Timothy seemed to like the snow better on Christmas day, but here are our snow day pictures from Monday!!

I am soo cold, and I look like Elmer Fudd! haha! 

Harps trying to navigate the snow

Poor Henry is blind, and was not real happy about sinking in half a foot of snow! 

Me and my lil boys!! 

And yes, you can make me fun of me for my ski bibs and gloves.. Considering I have owned these since '95 maybe you can forgive the goofy "90's design" on the gloves!  :) 

him again at his desk.. hey someone had to work! :) 

The boy loves being in just a diaper..so we let him all afternoon!! He loved it!!

Brandon and Timothy will still be off tomorrow, but I have to go in at noon.  :( I am trying hard to grateful for the two days I have had, but I am being selfish, and want more! I think God read my post  heard my prayers, and gave me these last two bonus days with Tbird. I have loved every second I have had with my boys over the last two days.... I just wish this could be my life every day.. 

As far as getting out.. we haven't. We went to the grocery store Sunday after church, and I made a list of 5 different meals I could make and have ready for the rest of the week. So Sunday we had Spicy Shrimp recipe compliments of Pioneer Woman.. (I would love to go to her house for dinner one night!) Last night we had my own five alarm chili. I think chili goes best with football; especially National Championships!!! YAYA! Auburn Tigers!! So glad they beat the ducks! Tonight we are having taco soup recipe from Paula Deen and tomorrow night we will be eating my homemade (like from scratch, uh-huh) chicken noodle soup. Then Thursday, bow tie pasta and meatballs!   

Anyway guys, it took like an HOUR to upload my crazy picture post, so I am now going back to hanging out with my men!!